X-rays indicate that water can behave like a liquid crystal
Credit: Fivos Perakis Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Nanostructures modeled on moth eyes effective for anti-icing
Nanostructures covered with a paraffin layer modeled on moth eyes exhibit anti-icing, anti-reflective propertiesCredit: Nguyen Ba Duc WASHINGTON, August 4, ...
Droplet spread from humans doesn’t always follow airflow
A mathematical model of droplet migration may have important implications for understanding the spread of airborne diseases, such as COVID-19Credit: ...
Mathematical modeling revealed how chitinase, a molecular monorail, obeys a one-way sign
Credit: NINS/IMS Biomolecular motors in cells generate unidirectional motion, consuming chemical energy gained by, for example, hydrolysis of ATP. Elucidation ...
Nanoreactor strategy generates superior supported bimetallic catalysts
Credit: TIAN Zhengbin Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. They can be applied in ...
TU Graz researchers synthesize nanoparticles tailored for special applications
Credit: © IEP - TU Graz Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field ...
Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic ...
‘Quantum negativity’ can power ultra-precise measurements
Credit: Hugo Lepage Scientists have found that a physical property called 'quantum negativity' can be used to take more precise ...
Trapping tiny particles: A versatile tool for nanomanipulation
Credit: OIST Nanoparticles are tiny. At just 1/1000th of a millimeter, they're impossible to see with the naked eye. But, ...
Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Credit: Timur Sabirov / Skoltech Russian chemists obtained a new photochromic complex composed of of bismuth (III) and viologen cations ...
Quantum physicists crack mystery of ‘strange metals,’ a new state of matter
Strange metals have surprising connections to high-temperature superconductors and black holesCredit: P. Cha et al./Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
While birds chirp, plasma shouldn’t: New insight could advance fusion energy
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ...
New $25-million center to advance quantum science and engineering
Credit: CU Boulder The National Science Foundation announced this week that CU Boulder will receive a $25 million award to ...
Russian scientists identified energy storage mechanism of sodium-ion battery anode
Credit: Zoia V.Bobyleva et al./Electrochimica Acta Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow State University (MSU) identified the type of electrochemical reaction ...
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